Creating Meaning in an Alienating Context
A friend who works in a federal agency often experiences discouragement. Yet he invests heavily in trying to practice positive […]
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Newsletter: Moral Leadership
What Fred Rogers Teaches Us About Moral Leadership “This past month a documentary called “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” about […]
How to Turn Purpose into Performance
Yesterday I received some exciting news. An article I co-wrote with Anjan Thakor is the cover story for the July/August […]
Finding Our Life Purpose
At a basketball game for eight year-olds I sat next to a young father. We got into a meaningful conversation […]
Growing Into Positive Leadership
On a coaching call with participants from an earlier executive class, I asked them to share their stories of what […]
The Prison Riddle
I have a good friend who is a practitioner of positive leadership. He volunteers a portion of his time to […]
Vulnerability and Culture Change
A few years ago we initiated a culture change program with a group of surgeons. In successive cohorts we exposed […]
Positive Organizations and Agile Software Development
The world of software development is a wonderful domain that has emerged from the work of the conventional technical mind. […]
When the Rate of Change Exceeds the Rate of Learning
In an executive program we were talking about the deep change or slow death dilemma, and how organizations begin to […]
Learning to Influence Effectively
There is a golf driving range near my house that is equipped for winter. I have gone there regularly. For […]